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Installation

List of tested scanners

Deinstalling FineReader 4.0

Using user dictionaries of FineReader 3.0 in FineReader 4.0

Using user dictionaries of FineReader 4.0 Standard in FineReader 4.0 Professional


Installation

Upgrading to FineReader 4.0 Professional from FineReader 4.0 Standard

Attention! If you have FineReader 4.0 Standard installed on your computer, then BEFORE INSTALLING FINEREADER 4.0 PROFESSIONAL, DEINSTALL FineReader 4.0 Standard.

Upgrading to FineReader 4.0 from FineReader 3.0

Attention! If you have FineReader 3.0 installed on your computer and want to use user dictionaries and patterns from this version in FineReader 4.0, DO NOT DEINSTALL FineReader 3.0 UNTIL YOU HAVE INSTALLED FineReader 4.0 AND CONVERTED USER DICTIONARIES AND PATTERNS to the new format.

Testing the distributive quality

The easiest way to test the distributive quality is to copy the diskette’s or CD-ROM’s contents on the hard disk.

If an error message appears during the copy it can be either because of the distributive or because of the disk-drive.

To check it, you have to copy all files one by one to another computer.

If the problem repeats on the other computer and the guarantee time is not elapsed (for details see License agreement), you can order  a new distributive.

If the message doesn’t appear, then to check the distributive, you can install the program (and deinstall it after it) on the other computer.

If the problem with installation (files copy) persists, call to Technical support group of ABBYY Software House (BIT Software, Inc.).

When the serial number is input a message is displayed: “Incorrect serial number…”

Answer: There can be the following reasons:

1) Incorrect input. Serial number is combination of 16 characters. The users sometimes input “S/N” as a part of serial number. The prefix of serial number is combination of Latin characters, and there are no ambiguous characters (all possible ambiguities are resolved in favor of digits)

2) The distributive was rewritten to other diskettes (with the file copying) or on the hard drive; and from there the program is being installed

3) The anti-virus system (like McAfee) is installed on the computer. It controls the access to devices, and as a result, the diskette was not considered a distributive diskette.

4) Distributive error. We haven't run across the case, but it is possible in theory. Address to Technical Support group.

5) When the program is installed from CD-ROM the install.exe was run not according the instruction – from the root folder (as usual), but from the auxiliary subfolder.


Scanners

The list of tested scanners (March 24, 1999)

All the enlisted models with the Twain drivers enclosed could work with FineReader 4.0. Nevertheless, ABBYY Software House (BIT Software, Inc.) doesn’t guarantee that these scanners can work with FineReader in all situations, since the testing program could not include all operating systems, all driver versions, etc. That is why ABBYY Software House is not responsible for possible commercial damage, connected with the use of the information that follows.

Scanner Model	Driver	Driver version
AGFA
Agfa SnapScan 1236S	FotoLook 32	v3.00.08 - TWAIN
	FotoSnap 32	v3.00.08 – TWAIN
Canon
CanoScan600	CanoScan 600
EPSON
EPSON GT 9500	Epson Scanners (32-bit)
Fujitsu
M3097DGdm	Fujitsu CFM TWAIN 4.21
Genius
Genius ColorPage - Mobile	ColorPage-Mobile
Genius ColorPage-Vivid	ColorPage-Vivid
Genius ColorPage-Office	Genius ColorPage-Office
Genius ColorPage-CS	Genius Scan[32]
Genius ColorPage - EP	Scan Module (32bit)
Genius ColorPage - HR5	ScanModule32	v2.37
Genius EasyScan/Color Deluxe	EasyScan/Color Deluxe
Genius ScanMate Color Deluxe	ScanMate/ColorDeluxe
Genius ColorPage Live	ScanModule32	v2.39
Genius ColorPage - HR5 PRO	ScanModule32	v2.39
HP
HP OfficeJet Pro 1150C	HP OfficeJet Pro 1150C
HP ScanJet 5P	HP PictureScan 3.0
HP ScanJet 6100C	DeskScan II 2.7
HP ScanJet 5S	HP ScanJet 5S
HP ScanJet Plus	DeskScan II 2.3	v2.3.1
Microtek
Microtek ScanMaker 630	Microtek ScanWizard (32 bit)
MUSTEK
Mustek ScanExpress 600 CP	ScanExpress 600CP
Mustek ScanExpress 12000 P	ScanExpress 12000P
Mustek Paragon 600 II EP	F/B Scanner (EPP)
Mustek Paragon 600 II N	F/B Scanner (N)
Mustek Paragon 800 II EP	F/B Scanner (EPP)
Mustek Paragon 1200 II EP	F/B Scanner (EPP)
Paragon Page Express Color	PageExpress Color
Primax
Primax 9600 PROFI	9600 Profi 32-bit
Primax Colorado Direct	Primax Colorado Direct
Primax ColorMobile PRO	ColorMobile PRO
UMAX
Umax Astra 610S	VistaScan32	v2.40
Umax Astra 1200S	MagicScan	v4.01
Umax Astra 1220P	VistaScan32	v3.1
Umax Astra 1220S	VistaScan32	v3.1
Umax Astra 1220U	VistaScan32	v3.1
Umax Astra 1221S	MagicScan	v4.01


Using user dictionaries of FineReader 3.0 in FineReader 4.0

ATTENTION:

If you have user dictionaries with words added during results checking (Add button in the Checking Results dialog) or added from the dictionary dialog (Tools>View Dictionaries…), and want to use them in FineReader 4.0 (Standard/Professional) DO NOT DEINSTALL FineReader 3.0, until you convert user dictionaries. The description of the conversion is given below.

To check whether FineReader 3.0 has user dictionaries, open the Russian (English, German, Ukrainian) dictionary dialog (Tools>View Dictionaries…\). If any of the four dictionaries is not empty (has words added), and you may need the words (they can occur in texts you are going to recognize), then convert these dictionaries from the version 3.0 format to the version 4.0 format.

To use user dictionaries of FineReader 3.0 in FineReader 4.0:

1.	Install FineReader 4.0 in the folder different from the one where FineReader 3.0 is installed (the folder is different by default).

2.	Run FineReader 4.0 Professional or Standard from the Start button menu.

3.	Click the Add to dictionary… button on the Results Check tab of the Options dialog (Tools>Options...).

4.	In the Adding Words to User Dictionaries dialog enter the path to the folder where FineReader 3.0 is installed (the default folder is C:\Program Files\FineReader).

5.	In the Dictionaries of the selected version list you will see the dictionaries, whose words you can add to user dictionaries of FineReader 4.0. To add words, select the necessary dictionary in the list and click Add.

6.	When the words from old user dictionaries of FineReader 3.0 are added, you can deinstall the old version.

Using user dictionaries of FineReader 4.0 Standard in FineReader 4.0 Professional


Using user dictionaries of FineReader 4.0 Standard in FineReader 4.0 Professional

When upgrading FineReader 4.0 Standard to FineReader 4.0 Professional, deinstall the Standard version. As a result you will get files with PMD extension, containing user dictionaries in the intermediate format.

1.	Deinstall FineReader 4.0 Standard.

2.	Check whether the Language subfolder (in the folder where FineReader 4.0 is installed) has files with PMD extension. If there are no such files, it means that FineReader 4.0 Standard didn’t have any user dictionaries.

3.	Install FineReader 4.0 Professional IN THE SAME FOLDER where FineReader 4.0 Standard was installed.

4.	Run FineReader 4.0 Professional from the Start button menu.

5.	Click Add to dictionary… button on the Results Check tab of the Options dialog (Tools>Options...).

6.	In the Dictionaries of the selected version list you will see the languages which have user dictionaries and whose words you can add to user dictionaries of FineReader 4.0 Professional. To add words, select the necessary language in the list and click Add.

7.	When the words from user dictionaries of FineReader 3.0 are added, you can delete files with the PMD extension from Language subfolder (in the folder where FineReader 4.0 is installed).


Deinstalling FineReader 4.0

Files with PMD extension, left after deinstallation

When deinstallation is over, in the subfolder Languae (it is C:\Program Files\ABBYY FineReader\Language by default) you may see files with PMD extension. These are files of a special format used to convert user dictionaries from one version to another. See Using user dictionaries of FineReader 4.0 Standard in FineReader 4.0 Professional.

Files with PTN extension, left after deinstallation

Besides PMD-files there can be files with PTN extension left after deinstallation of FineReader 4.0. These are user patterns (the result of recognition with training). You can copy these files to the folder where the new version is installed or you can install the new version in the same folder where the old version was installed: in both cases these user patterns will appear in the list of user patterns in the new version of FineReader 4.0.